George Strait Concert

Since I hit the 16 week marker, I have felt so much better!! It's so weird, I woke up last Tuesday and had my energy back just like that. Don't get me wrong, I still get fatigued easily and it's getting harder for me to get around (I think I'm wobbling everywhere already!!) but I feel much better :) Thanks for all the prayers and for putting up with my morning sickness whining the last 4 months! Here's some pictures from the Sugarland/George Strait concert we went to on Saturday with Ash & Kelly. They both put on a great concert. I think I fall in love with George all over again everytime I see him in concert :)


R.J. and I

Kelly and Ash

Can you tell what baby gender we each are secretly rooting for?? LOL

Ash & I

Here's your 4 month preggy pic! I'm actually wearing mak-up and doing my hair again. Hallelujah!

Guilty As Charged!

Today I did something that I told myself I would not do. I'm very disappointed in myself but at the same time it was soooo good. R.J. and I went to the grocery store this afternoon around 3p.m. to get groceries for the week. We had leftovers to eat tonight but I really wanted a pizza. So, I decided I would treat myself to one-- after all, I deserve it. I call the Pizza Hut that I always call and start to place my order (1 thin n' crispy medium 1/2 pepperoni 1/2 canadian bacon with mushrooms on all). The girl on the phone proceeds to tell me that they are out of mushrooms. Mushrooms!!!?!!? Really!?!?! I told her that I didn't want my pizza anymore. I mean, why would I pay to eat something that wasn't exactly what I wanted? I know it sounds stupid, but it wouldn't taste the same. I immediately got very upset for some progesteron reason and I started crying. Yes, I said crying (what the heck!!?!). R.J. was looking at me like I had lost my mind and I truly believe I have after recaping the event. I was just so upset because I was craving my certain pizza and I wanted it by golly. I hung up and knew of another Pizza Hut that I could go to. I got on my iphone to try and find the number to call in the order so it would be ready when I got there. But I couldn't get it because Pizza Hut wanted to know my address and I didn't know any addresses by the location that I wanted to go to. So I decided to call 411 and the lady was so rude. She gave me some Pizza Hut in Austin. By this time R.J. was getting very frustrated with me and I was frustrated with the situation. We then drove over to another Pizza Hut that we never go to and ordered my pizza. While I was in there another customer who was in high school just stared me up and down. I knew she couldn't tell if I was pregnant or just fat. It was pretty awkard and she won't stop staring at me. I ordered my pizza and for some reason I found myself spilling my guts about the whole episode to the Pizza Hut employee. Needless to say, I don't think I can ever go back in there without feeling totally stupid. I mean, why do I feel the need sometimes to tell my whole life story to strangers??!? I wish the story ended there but I then took the pizza home and ate the WHOLE PIZZA BY MYSELF minus 2 small slices! I have never ever done that before. I feel so guilty but oh my gosh it was good! I told myself when I got pregnant I wouldn't be that girl. I guess I was wrong! R.J. couldn't believe it!

I love these ladies!

Left to Right-- Vickie, Donna, me and Thao


I went to Taste of Texas last night with the girls from work-- Vickie, Donna and Thao. It was so much fun. I haven't seen these girls in awhile thanks to morning sickness with Baby Moses. Anyway, we got to celebrate Donna's and my birthday. Thanks for the meal and the awesome birthday gifts!! It was so sweet of you all but then again these might be the 3 most genuine and best christian ladies I've ever known (besides my mom :). They are all special in their own way. God brought us into each other's lives for a reason-- I mean, we are all at different stages in our lives not to mention different ages (20's, 30's, 40's, and 50's) but we fit together like peas in a pod! Vickie was my Principal at First Baptist Academy. She's the most giving person and is always sending you little notes or gifts to make sure you know how special you are to her! She's great and never gives herself enough credit for being so strong and thoughtful!
Donna, Thao and I taught kindergarten together. Donna is like my second mom. She's the most amazing cook and really follows God's golden rule of ALWAYS putting others before herself. She's constantly baking food to take to a sick church member, someone who just had a baby or death in the family, or volunteering to add something else to "her list" when she really doesn't have time! And then there's Thao-- Thao, Thao, Thao. She cracks me up! She tells it exactly like it is. I love it! Our classrooms shared a bathroom together and it was so much fun! :) She's one of my best friends and has the biggest heart of anyone I know. She's fun and trendy, truely cares about her friends and would do anything for them, and is an amazing mom. I love her to death!

I'm really going to miss seeing these ladies everyday at FBA. They made work so much fun! I hope I have made the right decision to stay home with the baby. It's too late now as R.J. would say. I know it will be a different story once the little one gets here. I'm going to appreciate the opportunity of getting to stay home. I know not everyone gets this choice and I really do feel blessed that I'm able to stay home. Just remember, it's not always greener on the other side.

My Dad's 50th Birthday

Amber, Mom, and me

Amber and Aunt Terry

R.J. and me

My dad Joe and my Mimi (she always has her disposible camera with her!! LOL)

me, Leila (Will's cute girlfriend), and Amber

Will and R.J.

R.J., me, my mom Janet, Will, Leila, my dad Joe, and Amber

I found the picture of my brother for the blog other day from my dad's 50th birthday party back May 2nd (this is also my FAVORITE principal's birthday too-- Love Ya Vickie!!) I thought I would post some pictures.

Happy Birthday Taryn!!

Taryn, Mom, and me in San Diego last summer

Me, Amber and Tyler (Taryn's son) Sorry Reid and Will-- you guys weren't around yet!

Taryn and me

Today is my godmother's 50th birthday (sorry for telling your age!!) LOL I can't call and wish her a happy birthday because her hubby Scooter took her on a Mediterrarean cruise for 2 weeks. I wish I was there with them! Anyway, Taryn by far is the BEST GODMOTHER IN THE WORLD! She's very caring and always doing sweet things for me. Thanks for picking such an awesome godmother Mom! :)

My brother Will

Pictured are my sister Amber, my brother Will and me.

This past weekend my sister informed me that my brother Will reads my blog everyday. She said it cracks the family up because he reads the blog and then retells it in his "Ashley voice". LOL (In other words, making fun of me!!) I bet it's hiliarious because he's pretty funny. I made the mistake of telling my parents, Amber and Will that I liked the name Mallory for a girl(among many other names) when I first found out that I was expecting. Well, it stuck with him for some reason. Everytime I call the house and Will answers he asks how Mallory is doing or he tells me to remember and buckle up his neice Mallory! LOL.. It's pretty funny because as you know we don't know the sex of the baby yet. He calls the baby Mallory like it's really his or her name. It's going to be even more funny if the baby ends up being a boy!

Baby Moses at 15 Weeks

The baby weighs almost 2 ounces and is about the size of a softball. Just from last week, it has doubled in size. The baby's skin in translucent and is covered with downy hair called lanugo. I am not able to feel the baby move yet but the books say in the next couple of weeks I will start feeling the baby kick. The book also says that the baby is probably sucking it's thumb by now. It's bones are getting stronger and the ears are continuing to develop externally. August 21st can't get here soon enough!!! I can't wait to find out the sex.